Live updates, photos and videos from the Washington Capitals' 2018 run to the Stanley Cup.

Welcome to the 2018 Washington Capitals Stanley Cup Playoffs Live Blog. WTOP's own Ben Raby will be traveling with the team for the duration, so stay tuned throughout the Caps' playoff run for live updates, articles, photos and videos.

Wrote this story before Penguins season opener about Sidney Crosby wanting (among other things) to play in all 82 regular season games. Tonight he did it for the first time in his career:nhl.com/news/pittsburg…

Lightning defeat Sabres 7-5. If they defeat Carolina in regulation or overtime on Saturday, they clinch first place in East/Atlantic regardless of what Boston does in its final two games vs. Ottawa and Florida.

This could be a crazy year with the tiebreakers. The procedure is at the bottom of the standings on NHL.com every day, but you rarely think about these things until the last few days of the season. twitter.com/drosennhl/stat…